Reviewer: Janet Davies
Title: Widow's Walk - 1st of the Misty Cove Chronicles
Author: Nikki Leigh
Publisher: ebooksonthe.net
ISBN: 1-59431-342-3
Release Date: January 2006
Genre/Sub-genre: Historical Romance/Inspirational
Year/Setting: Massachusetts 1841
Overall Rating: 3.5
Sexual Content Rating: None
Language (Profanity) Rating: None
Violent Content Rating: None
Nikki's Website: www.nikkileigh.com
It is 1841 in the small town of Misty Cove, Massachusetts. Lizabeth Sullivan is young and in love and due to marry her childhood sweetheart William Kinsey. Life seems perfect to the young, naïve Lizabeth. However tragedy strikes and lives are lost through fate and ineptitude. The couples’ wedding is postponed due to the mourning conventions of the time.
Because of the tragedy, Lizabeth inherits part of a shipping business, and she and William begin planning for the future. When they eventually marry, they begin to build the foundations of what they want their life to be. But life does not always go as they plan and they learn to survive the disappointments and tragedies that they face on the way.
Initially, I found the character of Lizabeth a little mealy mouthed. However as I read on I realized that I had to look at her as a character that was growing and evolving like any one does, and that only through life experience that people real or fictional actually develop depth to their characters. As for William, I found him incredibly nice, staunchly protective and possibly a little too good to be true. I want to believe men like William existed in 1841 or exist in 2006. The other characters were interesting. There were malicious gossipers, ‘fallen’ women, loyal towns people and plain weird folk. Just like anyone group of people you would find in your own town or work place.
The patronizing way Lizabeth got dismissed by the men in the novel again reinforced in my mind how hard it was for women in that era. And the medicinal procedures or lack there of made me grateful I live in 2006. All in all, I was impressed by the historical accuracy of Widow’s Walk.
Widow’s Walk is a story about life, love, death and the endless circle they spin in. It’s also about the social standing and stringent class structure of the time. In many ways, there are many parallels between the characters lives in the book and the lives we live today. Life changes, thing happen and we all go on in one way or another. I’ll admit it I’m jaded to the extreme and it took me a while to get into this book, but once I did I was glad I read it. I believe it is an enjoyable and inspirational book and well worth the read.
Janet
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